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IBM Cloud Computing & Common Cloud Management Platform Reference Architecture (CC & CCMP RA) 1.0
CCMP RA – Content summary
§ Use Cases: Defines CCMP-specific use cases for all roles defined in the CCMP RA. To be used by cloud
service developers or CCMP implementation teams for defining their implementation-specific use cases.
§ Non-functional requirements: Defines all non-functional requirements to be considered when creating a
CCMP implementation or a cloud service on top of CCMP. Includes example values which can be used as
guidelines.
§ Architecture Overview Diagram (AOD): Provides overview of the fundamental architectural building
blocks making up the CC & CCMP RA and introduces basic terminology.
Also includes guidance on how to exploit CCMP for implementing cloud services.
§ Architectural Principles: Defines architectural principles serving as a guideline in the definition of all
other work products (part of architecture overview TWP).
§ Component Model (CM): Constitutes the next-level-of-detail refinement of the architectural elements
introduced in the AOD. Defines functional scope for each component and relationship to other
components.
§ Operational Model (OM): Constitutes the refinement of the CM towards a physical architecture which can
be implemented as a real-world deployment. Defined on both logical and physical level.
§ Security Architecture: Cross-cutting work product encompassing all security aspects relevant in the
context of the CCMP RA.
§ Service Flows: Defines processes of how a CCMP implementation must be operated to achieve cloudscale
efficiencies.
§ Architectural Decisions: All architectural decisions made across all work products. Very important to
capture & convey expertise in building a CCMP implementation and enable revisiting decisions and to
understand rationale in case they turn out to be non-optimal.
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